Los Angeles daily herald., 1887-11-14
MONDAY, NOVEMBER II, 1857.
Inst Weck,s Elections.

Inst Weeks Elections.
For an off year in politics perhaps
no fall elections ever attracted SO
much attention from the press OF
America as did those OF last Tuesday.
And it is the Republican press which
for the most part addresses itself daily
70 an attempt to elucidate the results
reached at the polls. Nor is it hard
to find valid reason for this interest
ON the part of Republican organs.
That party had put forth every effort
to carry New York; and there was
halfway hope that the false cry OF
reform in Maryland would be-
fog enough disgruntled Demo-
Gratis to overthrow that party
in that State. Both efforts signally
failed, and it is quite evident that the
failure has opened the eyes of the Re-
publicans to condition OF political at
fairs decidedly alarming to their cause.
As nothing is so successful as success,
and as rats forsake sinking ship,
the leaders of Republicanism fear the
rank and file of the party may become
awake to the desperate condition in
which the organization is placed.
Hence the press is finding false excuses
for the Waterloo of last week. MIR.
Cleveland's growing popularity with
The business men ofthe Nation greatly
in reases the CONSERVATION brought
t, head by the voice OF the people,
o heard at the polls on the recent
q :ction day.
Therefore the cry Of Democratic
corruption is heard ON every side, and
the Administration is charged with
being party in active interest to the
use of unfair means to influence votes.
Because MIR. Fellows defeated
Mr.. Nicoll for District-Attorney
in New York city, corruption is
echoed again. Now, so far as the Ma
tional Administration is concerned, it
took no part whatever in the late cleo
tions. Mr.. Cleveland was invited to
20 to New York, but he declined the
invi tation. He wrote manly, hon
est, straightforward letter, wishing Tor
the success of the whole ticket in the
I'm pire State, and that was all he did.
The so-called Reformers-that Is,
dupes of Republican chicanery-in
Mar yland wished the President to
inter fere in the politics OF that
State, but with that excellent
sense and spirit of fairness for which
the Chief Executive is remarkable,
he alphabetically declined to do any
hing in the way oi guiding the poll
tics ofthat State. Whatever excuse
there might be for him paying visit
to his own State, there would be
m utter improperly in his taking any
hand in Maryland elections. Mr..
Clevelan is not running political
machines, and he does not propose
to turn tie crank OF the
soc allied Reform" imple-
ment in Maryland. The
Fellows-Nicoll affair has had sufficient
exploitation at our hands already. Our
readers understand how utterly I'M
warranted was the charge made OF
Mr.. Fellows improper connection with
the "boodlers."
Another issue attempted to be raised
again, in view of these elections, by
grossly partisan press inclined to set
party interest above truth, fairness
and patriotism, is that of sectional
ism. In the political game, ever
since the Republican PARTY came into
existe nee, it has had this card up its
sleeve ready to play as its little
atjoker" whenever it has found itself
in bad way for trick whose win
ming is a matter of exigency. So on
this occasion we find the "Solid
South" trotted out on the defeat of
that moral reformer Malone of
Virginia, and his henchman,
the redoubtable Riddleberger's,
certain retirement from the United
States Senate. 1t is pointed out with
much unction that the situation is
similar to that under Mr.. Buchanan,
"when the South, with the aid of q
lew Northern States, controlled the
Here is the way San
Francisco paper with all the JUNCTION
q = deacon Sniggins," hypocritic- |
ally stirs up this ancient ghoul Of Sec
tional animosity:
The conquerors by the retrograde
movement of New York and one or
two other Northern States are passing
under the yoke Of the conquered.
Tho victories won in the field are dis
appearing under skilliul political